Cardiology

Study links psychiatric disorders to stroke risk

(HealthDay)—Getting care at a hospital for a psychiatric disorder may be linked to a higher risk of stroke in the following weeks and months, new research suggests.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Psychotic hallucinations, delusions rarely precede violence

Mass shootings at the hands of unhinged loners – such as those in Aurora, Colorado; Santa Barbara, California, and Newtown, Connecticut – perpetuate a commonly held belief that mental illness triggers violent crimes.

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